Vaccine hesitancy: fear of stigma, side-effects grip transgenders
The Hindu
Only 300 out of around 2,000 in Tiruchi have tken the jab
Transgenders in Tiruchi remain hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to apparent lack of awareness and fear of stigma and side-effects. Several transgenders live in constant fear of the virus as well as the vaccine as they do not know how their bodies will react to it. Many of them, who take various kinds of treatment, believe the vaccine will react and cause side-effects. “The fact that we were not included in the trials for the vaccination makes our fears valid,” a transwoman from Srirangam said.
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